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In addition to the Moiræ, who presided over the life of mortals, there was another divinity, called Ker, appointed for each human being at the moment of his birth.
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens
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And for John Crawford (alias Ker) who married his sister, and with her the estate of Kersland, he got a patent to be a rogue, _patrem sequitur sua proles_, from Queen Ann and her ministry, by virtue of which, he feigned himself sometimes a Jacobite, and sometimes an old dissenter, or Cameronian, (as he calls them) unto whom he gives high encomiums.
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Therefore the Mulvaneys came out as 'civilians,' which was a great and terrible fall; though Mulvaney tried to disguise it, by saying that he was 'Ker'nel on the railway line, an' a consequinshal man. '
Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900
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The book gets off to a surreal start, with Kermode (emphasis on "Ker") offering much unnecessary apology.
New Statesman 2010
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"Chances are reducing though in our view," according to Olivia Ker, an analyst at UBS.
BHP, Rio Weigh Changing Or Delaying Iron-Ore Venture Robert Guy Matthews 2010
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Father Ker said: 'Newman was definitely a saint and he was a very English saint.
Who? 2009
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The special flapped roof of the Soe Ker Tie House is conducive to natural ventilation.
Butterfly Bamboo Homes Are Hope for Thai Orphans | Inhabitat 2009
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According to Father Ker, Newman is highly respected among Catholics all over the world because he pre-empted many of the modernising reforms of the Second Vatican Council of the 1960s.
Who? 2009
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And she knows Ker, the spirit of carnage and death.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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“I feel Ker, the spirit of carnage, of death,” Mama said.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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